Re: Mind's Eye Spirituality

Well, some women are enchanted with the strong, silent type of male,
James. :-)

On May 7, 7:31 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've found the best thing a man can do is work hard and keep his mouth
> shut, keeps us out of trouble at home and work. Afraid mine is of little
> use here, it is silent and numb to me for the time being. It can be
> peaceful, knowing what one has to do, and many thoughts to set aside is
> a burden. This might be me signing off for a while, all the ideas here
> are very inspiring and disruptive, normally something I cherish.
>
> Be well and godspeed
>
> On 5/7/2012 6:01 PM, gabbydott wrote:
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>
>
> > Otherwise known as the learning experience and the feeling that you have
> > developed in its course.
>
> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 5:34 PM, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com
> > <mailto:123...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> >     Even though everything is predetermined and man is bound to do what he
> >     does by various factors he is accountable for his actions as he has to
> >     bear the consequences of all his acts of  omission and commission.
>
> >     On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:35 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com
> >     <mailto:nwte...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      > In terms of RP's accountable spirituality we might understand a duty
> >      > to express dissent in the daily details of our actions.  We could all
> >      > be doing the following, but aren't.
>
> >      > Support the decentralized, non-market economy
> >      > Stop participating in financialization
> >      > Redefine self-interest to exclude debt-servitude and dependence on
> >      > consumerism and the Central State
> >      > Act on your awareness that the nature of prosperity and financial
> >      > security is changing
> >      > Stop supporting distant concentrations of capital that subvert
> >      > democracy by using their gargantuan profits to buy the machinery of
> >      > State governance and regulation
> >      > Stop supporting the debt-and-leverage based financial aristocracy
> >      > Transfer your assets out of Wall Street (City of London and offshore)
> >      > and into local enterprises or assets that do not enrich and empower
> >      > Wall Street.
> >      > Refuse to participate in consumerist status identifiers and the
> >     social
> >      > defeat they create
> >      > Vote in every election with an eye on rewarding honesty and truth and
> >      > punishing empty promises
> >      > Stop supporting inflationary policies such as money creation by the
> >      > Federal Reserve and Federal deficit borrowing
> >      > Become healthy, active and fit
> >      > Embrace self-directed coherent plans and construct a resilient,
> >      > diverse ecology of identity and meaning
>
> >      > Suitably adapted the above could lead to material conditions of a
> >     very
> >      > different spirituality.  I agree with RP and think we could make what
> >      > he says a very practical politics.
>
> >      > On May 2, 2:44 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com
> >     <mailto:123...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      >> Spirit in the sense of the Absolute , God or Nature.
>
> >      >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM, James <ashkas...@gmail.com
> >     <mailto:ashkas...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      >> > On 5/1/2012 11:50 AM, RP Singh wrote:
>
> >      >> >> As everything is predetermined it follows that everything is
> >     done by the
> >      >> >> spirit , which makes all actions spiritual. But that has no
> >     meaning , so
> >      >> >> we may say that that the word spiritual is obsolete and we should
> >      >> >> distinguish between good actions and bad actions , good
> >     people and bad
> >      >> >> people , scrupulous people and the unscrupulous. Also the
> >     definition of
> >      >> >> the good and bad changes from clime to clime , but generally the
> >      >> >> definition of good and bad is universal if you look at it with a
> >      >> >> humanitarian eye. Thus spirit , being all-encompassing, goes
> >     into the
> >      >> >> background.
>
> >      >> > Spirit in what sense RP? I am compelled to respond but don't
> >     want to sound
> >      >> > foolish, and not haggling for a definition.- Hide quoted text -
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